EXPONENTIAL MOVING AVERAGE STRATIFICATION ALGORITHM FOR STRATA BOUNDARY DETERMINATION IN STRATIFIED SAMPLING
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Strata, stratified sampling, exponential moving average, coefficient of variation, relative efficiency.References
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